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  • Ashia, 7, was deported from Iran with her three siblings and her mother in January.
    Ashia, 7, was deported from Iran with her three siblings and her mother in January.
  • Recent arrivals receive a briefing on what to expect after returning home to Afghanistan.
    Recent arrivals receive a briefing on what to expect after returning home to Afghanistan – a country many returnees have never lived in for years. The sessions include training on landmine risk.
  • Fasel Rahman, 40, sits outside the border reception centre.
    Fasel Rahman, 40, sits outside the border reception centre. He says he could feel tensions rising in Iran, before making a sudden decision to return to his family's home in Afghanistan's Ghazni Province.
  • Afghan returnees walk across the Iranian border into Zaranj, Nimruz.
    Afghan returnees walk across the Iranian border into Zaranj, Nimruz. Thousands return here every week; roughy two thirds who cross here have been deported.
  • An IOM staff member registers newly arrived returnees at the border reception centre.
    An IOM staff member registers newly arrived returnees at the border reception centre.
  • Pie Chart of the nationalities of the 63,696 refugees resettled in 2019, according to the UN's refugee agency.
    The nationalities of the 63,696 refugees resettled in 2019, according to the UN's refugee agency.
  • Toufah Jallow
    Toufah Jallow’s testimony against ex-president Yahya Jammeh challenged taboos around reporting alleged sexual violence and launched The Gambia’s #MeToo movement.
  • Yahya Jammeh
    Yahya Jammeh's rule was known for its violence and repression, and now also the sexual abuse committed against young women like Jallow.
  • Members of the internationally recognised Libyan government's forces head out to the front line from Misrata, Libya on February 3, 2020.
    Members of the internationally recognised Libyan government's forces head out to the front line from Misrata, Libya on February 3, 2020.
  • A member of Libyan National Army (LNA) commanded by Khalifa Haftar, points his gun to the poster of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan that hangs on a Turkish military armored vehicle that was confiscated by LNA during Tripoli clashes, in Benghazi, Libya.
    A member of Libyan National Army (LNA) commanded by Khalifa Haftar, points his gun to the poster of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan that hangs on a Turkish military armored vehicle that was confiscated by LNA during Tripoli clashes, in Benghazi, Libya.
  • Protesters hold signs denouncing changes to India’s citizenship laws during a demonstration in Guwahati.
    Protesters hold signs denouncing changes to India’s citizenship laws during a demonstration in Guwahati in December.
  • Protesters at Cotton University in Guwahati rally against changes to India’s citizenship law.
    Protesters at Cotton University in Guwahati rally against changes to India’s citizenship law.
  • Jamillah Nabunjo's companions cross from Ciudad Juárez into the US city of El Paso for processing by border officials.
    Jamillah Nabunjo's companions cross from Ciudad Juárez into the US city of El Paso for processing by border officials.
  • Skilled labour is in short supply throughout rural Nepal. This has also driven up reconstruction costs beyond what many rural Nepalis can afford.
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  • A MONUSCO armoured troop carrier on patrol in Beni.
    A MONUSCO armoured troop carrier on patrol in Beni.
  • Moiful Nissa fears she could be separated from her family and sent to a detention centre.
    Moiful Nissa lost her case at a foreigners tribunal in 2019. Now she fears she could be separated from her family and sent to a detention centre.
  • Debasmita Ghosh, director of the Human Rights Law Network in Guwahat.
    Debasmita Ghosh, director of the Human Rights Law Network in Guwahati, says most of the people facing foreigners tribunals don’t have the money to fight their cases.
  • Aman Wadud sits in his office in Guwahati, Assam.
    Aman Wadud sits in his office in Guwahati, Assam. The lawyer helps represents people left off the state’s citizenship registry.
  • Abhijit Sarma heads an advocacy group pushing for another citizenship count.
    Abhijit Sarma heads an advocacy group pushing for another citizenship count. He believes more than 4.1 million people in Assam are not rightful citizens: “We want the government to strip them of their voting rights,” he says.
  • Protesters in Guwahati carry torches during a rally against changes to India’s citizenship laws.
    Protesters in Guwahati carry torches during a rally against changes to India’s citizenship laws.
  • A detention centre under construction in Goalpara district is meant to hold 3,000 people.
    A detention centre under construction in Goalpara district is meant to hold 3,000 people. Many of the construction workers at the site are minority Muslims.
  • Shah Ali sits on some steps.
    Shah Ali was held at a detention centre for three years before he was released in December.

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